Charges Dropped!

Well, I can't say that I didn't expect this but not this soon. John Mark Karr was released from jail today at 3:04 PM when Mary Lacy's office decided not to press charges and the case against him has been dropped. I mean holy shit, how much more screwed up can this case be? The reason he was released is that his DNA didn't match the blood spatter found in JonBenet's underwear.

The fact that they dropped the charges, in my estimation makes Mary Lacy's office look like a bunch of bumbling fools that can't figure anything out. The next press release from her office might as well be it was Professor Plumb in the study with the candlestick. So let's see what we have here. An absolute media feeding frenzy, a lightning fast rush to judegement with no facts, a free trip to the U.S. complete with prawns and champagne, all at the Colorado taxpayers' expense. Seems like political suicide to me.

Ms. Lacy tried defending her actions by making the following statement.

"As I said last week, our role in the investigation of JonBenet Ramsey's murder has been to follow up on all legitimate leads that we have received from law enforcement and concerned citizens," her statement read. "This case is not closed, and we will continue to investigate leads and pursue justice."

Translation: I fucked up and now I am in heavy duty spin mode. Too late, Ms. Lacy. Perhaps you should drag that garrote out of the evidence locker and wrap it firmly around your political career.

Seth Temin, the public defender who represented Mr. Karr had the following no so flattering comments to make.

"We're deeply distressed by the fact that they took this man and dragged him here from Bangkok, Thailand, with no forensic evidence confirming the allegations against him and no independent factors leading to a presumption that he did anything wrong," Temin said.

Both the Boulder Sherriff's department and the Boulder District Attorney's office have news conferences scheduled. As soon as the information from those respective news conferences are available, you'll see it here.